The sheriff was angry Duane Fish was released from jail and called him a creep and a menace.

Fish appeared in Milwaukee County Court Wednesday, accused of groping women on park trails on the city’s east side in October and November.

One runner, who did not want to be identified, said she was surprised to hear Fish was out of jail on $500 bond and said the fact was “very upsetting.”

Fish was charged with three misdemeanor counts of fourth degree sexual assault.

Sheriff’s deputies posted warning signs about Fish along the trails on Lincoln Memorial Drive, alerting park users Fish can’t be there as a condition of his bond.

“We can't help what the courts do,” said Deputy Steve Geason. “If they give him a bail and he pays the bail, then everybody has that right to have a bail.”

WISN 12 News tried to contact Fish at his Milwaukee apartment, but no one answered.

The sheriff criticized Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for allowing the $500. Kremers said the bond is higher than what guidelines recommend. He also said the sheriff is inaccurate in many of his criticisms.